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Harry Houdini, by Jean Therrin.

HARRY HOUDINI

Harry Houdini was born under the name of ERISH WEISS on March 27,1874.

He was of  Hungarian origin, but he lived in America.

His father Samuel and his mother Cecilia were poor.He had 4 brothers,

Theodore,Leopold,Nathan,William and he had one sister,Carrie.

He went to a religious school and he worked to help his family.

When he was 15 years old,  he became a magician and he did 20 shows a day

He earned $12 a week.

He performed his work with his brother.

In 1892 Houdini was a metamorphosis illusionist and he became a king of cards.

He was famous for his magic.

He developed the handcuff challenge act and then many other shows where he proved able to free himself from  the tightest bonds . He advertised for his talent by proving he could escape the best-guarded and the most famous prison cells.

He did his first show in Europe,in 1900 and he then earned  $ 2000 a week.

He bought an airplane and he became the first man to pilot an airplane.

Houdini was an extremely famous magician who broke a lot of records.

Harry Houdini died on Halloween day in  1926.

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1. When was Harry Houdini born ? 187618771874I don't know

2. What was Harry Houdini's mother name? JessieCeciliaCarrieI don't know

3. What was Harry Houdini's father's name ?RichardWilliamSamuelI don't know

4. How many sisters did Harry Houdini have ?312I don't know

5. How many brothers did Harry Houdini have ?543I don't know

6. What was Harry Houdini's job ? pilotmagicianactorI don't know

7. How much money did he get in a week's time when he was 15?$12$14$23I don't know

8. How much money did he get in a week's time when he was 26?$200$20$2000I don't know

9. What was his speciality in his job?He could flyHe could free himself from any handcuffHe could disappear in a cloud of smokeI don't know

10. How did he advertise his talents?He made posters.He made ads on TVHe escaped from famous prisonsI don't know

11. When did Harry Houdini die ?193319421926I don't know

12. What is a handcuff? A device used by policemen to immobilize someoneA kind of glove for skiingA kind of medicineI don't know

13. To break a record means: to destroy a CDto destroy a tapeto beat the best in a categoryI don't know

14. A metamorphosis illusionist's job is to :Change appearancechange the worldchange coloursI don't know

15. 'to free himself from the tightest bonds ' means Hounidi could :Untie himself from ropes and chainsmake very small jumps all over the placeview dvds of James BOND for freeI don't know